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So
let's see. As of the 8:04 update 8 hours in (Probably shouldn't use any
results later than this since Draven has long since taken the lead.): Assuming Draven would be doubled by Jak without the rally (he was actually doing worse than that for a bit!): Jak has 9291 votes so Draven would be around 4645 votes. Draven currently has 10,764 votes. That means Draven's gotten, like, 6119 net votes for him within 8 hours because of the rally. More Draven votes than that total thanks to whatever number of people voted Jak and cancelled out additional Draven votes. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Not
to sound as dire as the other guy, but this does make the contest feel
like Gamespot's. I preferred this just having 4chan tbh. Their influence
was at least only minor. --- Still smilin' :> |
I
don't mind the rallying although I did have to do a double-take when I
checked this morning. It's what makes the contest interesting. It sucks Oracle wise though. Knowing you called the correct winner and put in a good prediction in a highly debatable match, only to have it completely reversed because of a huge rally. That's a bitter pill to swallow! But contest wise it's for the best probably. --- Crucifying my Oracle average one match at a time |
I
don't really find it interesting that a guy who would get doubled by
Jak and lose to a Persona character needed a big rally that accounts for
more that half his votes. It only becomes interesting if you have a
Starcraft like situation. --- Still smilin' :> |
anyone
else tired of fodder characters? honestly I wish this was a normal 128
characters battle without the likes of draven Tharja and god knows who
else made it this is boring --- ... |
abdou posted... anyone else tired of fodder characters? honestly I wish this was a normal 128 characters battle without the likes of draven Tharja and god knows who else made it Draven is a 3 seed and Tharja is a 5. They both make it even in a 64-entrant contest. --- NGirl@work or on phone. |
I
find it much easier to care about fodder games than fodder characters.
I'd be legit interested to see what would happen in a Fire Emblem:
Awakening/Borderlands 2 match, or a League/Persona 4 match. But Tharja
and Draven are doing nothing for me. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
Sad this killed my perfect bracket, but rallies are still hilarious. LoL is seriously an awful game, though. MOBA's are the worst genre ever. --- "Hamas isn't really a terror organization." -Terran [Evil Republican] Play Der Langrisser. |
*Just woke up* Well...I guess LoL fans do care about Draven on some level >.> --- Now Awaiting: Tales of Xillia, Squigly patch for Skullgirls |
vcharon posted... I don't really find it interesting that a guy who would get doubled by Jak and lose to a Persona character needed a big rally that accounts for more that half his votes. It only becomes interesting if you have a Starcraft like situation. Not interesting for you personally but must be for a lot of people. If it wasn't there wouldn't have been so much discussion about a match that looked all but done within the first 30 or so minutes. --- Crucifying my Oracle average one match at a time |
So awful. My Expert Challenge entry is breaking even on this one with Draven > Chie > Jak--my initial instinct--but the board convinced me to switch to Jak > Draven > Chie at one point and that's where it was when the brackets locked. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
abdou posted... anyone else tired of fodder characters? honestly I wish this was a normal 128 characters battle without the likes of draven Tharja and god knows who else made it Only on a small level. The Tharja match was awesome in that it's rare these days to have a match where we have 0 data for any of the entries. Felt like an old-school 02-03 match. --- Now Awaiting: Tales of Xillia, Squigly patch for Skullgirls |
78 consecutive percentage increases till he paused at 39.44% for 5 minutes. You had a good run Draven. --- NGirl@work or on phone. |
This is an excellent change of events from last night. --- ...--|D)--.................. ...--|D)ASEMAN--... |
Half expected Draven to be leading when I woke up, still quite amazing. I've calculated over 6000 rallied votes and considering the vote totals and that they have let up winning next round is quite possible, assuming another rally. Only thing that can stop them is if the rallied voters vote MMX/Ryu which is more likely to happen than with Jak/Chie. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 5/6 Today's Picks: Draven and Ryu |
I anticipated vote rallying, just didn't expect LoL players actually like Draven enough to rally for him like this. --- http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q155/Gamecubesupreme/sf7y9s.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q155/Gamecubesupreme/DBZFIGHTERS.png |
Teemo/L-Block
will certainly be interesting. Will 4chan try to counter-rally L-Block
for 2007 nostalgia? Because L-Block's going to need nostalgia joke votes
to even have a chance to stand against Teemo. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy II - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3557012 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Not_Wylvane posted... Teemo/L-Block will certainly be interesting. Will 4chan try to counter-rally L-Block for 2007 nostalgia? Because L-Block's going to need nostalgia joke votes to even have a chance to stand against Teemo. This isn't exactly true. For various reasons Teemo is hated by a noticeable chunk of the League of Legends community, which isn't the case for Draven who is generally liked. So, any Teemo rally should result in a non-negligible amount of of anti-Teemo votes from the League community itself, even if they don't like either of the other two competitors. --- This is my signature. |
uh,
WOW, when I went to bed Draven was trailing and everyone was saying,
"well that's it it's all over nothing to see here". Now I have to go
back through this topic just to see what everyone was saying. --- You think this is over because I am dead. It's not over. The games have just begun. |
Draven would have been able to come back from a 5k+ deficit here. --- POKEFEAR |
pyresword posted... Not_Wylvane posted...Teemo/L-Block will certainly be interesting. Will 4chan try to counter-rally L-Block for 2007 nostalgia? Because L-Block's going to need nostalgia joke votes to even have a chance to stand against Teemo. Teemo is more notorious than hated. Everyone actually loves Teemo. --- JustinCrossing (10:01:24 PM): omg why are muskrats so cute Luster Reloaded (10:03:31 PM): I don't know why. |
Oh goody, we have another Gamespot contest on our hands. |
This
result actually worries me. Not because I have anything against
rallying, but because I will feel a bit cheated out of the contest if
Draven picks up steam and wins it all. I honestly think that if he can
get through the next round that not even Link can stop him. Guys on the
board who don't want Draven running away with this really should rally
hard for MMX next round. |
Eh, wasn't Albion the guy who tried rallying for WoW characters or something and he's complaining about rallying? --- Dr voltchball - best in the world. |
CrushDavis is Albion. --- Dr voltchball - best in the world. |
Man
Draven was in last place by a lot when I went to sleep at 2am EST. Now
he's obliterating everybody easily. This might be exciting if it was a
character or anything I gave a damn about, but gross. --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/swordz9 |
Most
interesting thing about this match to me is that Jak is going to take
the US by over 10% of the vote and still get crushed, since the heavy
rallying was so focused on mainland Europe. We've had matches where
characters have narrowly held the US or North America and lost by 1-2%,
but nothing on this scale. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
Albion's
responsible for what may be my favorite stats topic post ever. Albion,
remember when you were rallying for Hogger and went to make a sandwich?
Post literally had me laughing till it hurt. --- http://i.imgur.com/IjkDZMA.jpg |
But
tbh I'd kinda like it if there was a huge rally from one company for
one character and then another company started a counter rally for their
guy. --- Dr voltchball - best in the world. |
Match VIII: (4) Yuri Lowell vs. (15) Ryu vs. (24) Face McShooty Previous Contest Yuri Lowell 2010 21.30% against Tifa Lockhart Ryu 2010 68.97% against Balthier Bunansa 50.35% against Dante 56.88% against Leon Kennedy 34.02% against Cloud Strife Face McShooty N/A N/A Analysis The guru pick makes his appearance, sadly he was one of the weakest characters in the 2010 contest and as good of a seed we could give him it was always likely that he would be facing a stronger opponent. Ryu has a long history of decent performances and should have no problem crushing his opponents. The battle for second place has the potential to be interesting. With the performance of Tiny Tina a few matches ago there is now some mild hype for Face McShooty to take second. However, I feel that match highlighted the weakness of the group as none of those three characters were expected to have much strength and the match did not encourage me to think otherwise. On the other side Yuri Lowell also showed that he does not have much strength. His performance against Tifa made him one of the weakest characters in 2010, but even then I would not be surprised if he easily won the Tharja/Tina/Juliet group. I may be underestimating Borderlands 2 again, but I do not think Face has the strength to defeat Yuri. Unlike Tina he is not the most recognizable character with Ryu being in the poll. Speaking of Ryu he could threaten to break 60% in this match which would make him look good for his match against Mega Man X next round. charmander6000s Bracket: Ryu > Yuri Lowell and Face McShooty charmander6000s Prediction: Ryu 60.37%, Yuri Lowell 20.73%, Face McShooty 18.90% --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 5/6 Today's Picks: Draven and Ryu |
Kotetsu534 posted... Most interesting thing about this match to me is that Jak is going to take the US by over 10% of the vote and still get crushed, since the heavy rallying was so focused on mainland Europe. We've had matches where characters have narrowly held the US or North America and lost by 1-2%, but nothing on this scale. This definitely seems weird to me. If I recall correctly, Jak has actually been extending his percentage lead in the US for a while now. I seem to remember him being up 8% early this morning. --- SuperNiceDog is also a SuperSmartDog. |
Had Yuri over Face but I just changed to Face over Yuri. Really hope I don't regret that. --- Watch me play on Twitch! http://www.twitch.tv/kbartz RIP Ryan Davis. I'll miss you like nuts! |
Tbh "shoot me in the face" was the funniest moment in Borderlands 2 I know im going to vote for him |
Borderlands 2 seems very different from Borderlands 1 --- Dr voltchball - best in the world. |
Looks like I missed some hardcore rallying. Oh well, looks I'm still perfect! --- *2, *8,070,446 Kuroko no Basket *3, *6,495,240 Naruto |
*wakes up* That's freaking hilarious, especially when looking at the map. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Wow, Draven's going to win by like 2500 when he was down by 1400. That's a hilarious rally. Good show, Europe. He *could* win his next match with this much steam, too, since Ryu and MMX could steal votes from each other. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Draven at 40%+ --- Warning, the self-destruct system has been activated, all personnel should evacuate immediately, 5 minutes to detonation. |
Oh, wow, that was some crazy rallying huh? Seeing this topic blow up about it after the fact is crazy. --- You think this is over because I am dead. It's not over. The games have just begun. |
It's
funny how Draven's real strength is basically complete joke tier. He
just happens to be super rally-able which might make him look really
great depending how far it gets him. --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/swordz9 |
swordz9 posted... It's funny how Draven's real strength is basically complete joke tier. He just happens to be super rally-able which might make him look really great depending how far it gets him. Personally, I think that's what will cost him in the end. Imagine what Draven would get naturally in a match with MMX/Ryu or Link. The difference has to be made up for with rallying and it's such a hole to start from. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
The first post of this topic looks pretty silly now. --- For your SuperNiceDog. At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza |
It's not been a good contest for calling things early. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy II - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3557012 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Hey
this match was completely over without rallying, and Draven looked like
absolute s*** for 3 hours. I don't think there's ever been a percentage
comeback this large and this fast. I ain't even mad, stuff like this makes contests waaaaaaay more fun. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
voltch posted... Eh, wasn't Albion the guy who tried rallying for WoW characters or something and he's complaining about rallying? Eh, maybe its hypocritical but I think rallying is fine if its a close match and the fanbase brings the character it likes to a win like with Hogger. But when a character is getting doubled and then just erases that lead in no time, it becomes a bit silly. Its tough to take the Gamespot contest seriously since all it comes down to is who wants to rally more and I want the Gamefaqs contest to be more than that. |
Shut up, Albiom. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
(feels good man, haven't gotten to bust that fad out in ages) --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Play NIER. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy II - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3557012 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
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